DIFFERENTOPIC

The Undertale AU that introduced the "Random role" genre. Created by Shad, owned by GG128. Start reading the comic here. Reading the FAQ is recommended.

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hey so quick question, its been months since last chapter, when are you gonna post the next one?

Usually I wouldn't answer these asks because the FAQ says: it doesn't matter how many months go by, the next chapter will come eventually. But I was thinking of making a status update regardless so I'll do that now.

Yes, it's been many, many months since the last chapter. In that time, I've updated the introduction and Chapter 1, but I've also made progress in other ways, and I've been planning some other DT-related things. Like planning later parts of the story for example. Plus, I tend to fix minor mistakes in the comic panels, some of which are very tedious to fix. So the fact there aren't frequent public updates doesn't mean I'm not working on DT. I pretty much always am in some way. And I've been basically doing it all myself.

I've said it before, but ever since December 2023, the main writer of the comic and co-owner of the AU, who used to help me a lot, stopped working on DT. Since then I've remade all the chapters, put them on MSPFA, made chapter 9a, and more. The writer actually may or may not come back somewhat soon, but remember that the chapters take a while not just because they're time consuming, but also because I have do to literally everything besides music. And I have other responsibilities besides DT, which is really annoying. If I didn't have anything else to do I'd work on DT more, but I can't. The wait between chapters bothers me as much as it bothers you, or perhaps even more.

The script for Chapter 9b (for the most part) has been done since last year, but to be honest, it's still going to take several more months. My intention obviously isn't for every chapter to be released on an anniversary (either of the AU in August or of the comic in November), but at this point Chapter 9b might release in August, or it might take even longer than that. This chapter is also taking this long because some parts of it need parts of the following chapter (Chapter 10a) to be done too.

About the music, I'm thinking I might post new tracks here too instead of just on the Discord server, but I'll see about that later. We've released 3 new tracks in the last month, if you missed them you can go to the server or go to my Soundcloud, where I repost all the DT songs, and the soundtrack playlist is also there.

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have all of the minor npcs been decided already, or are some added depending on if people on the team like a newer piece of media?

like let's say for example, a show called the adventures of blumbo mcbrambus comes out in 2026 and everyone loves it

is there a chance a character from that show can appear in differentopic, or is everything set in stone?

The NPCs are not 100% decided, but a lot of them already are. So it's not likely for characters from newer media to show up.

I decide what characters are chosen, so in your example, it would depend if I liked that thing enough, but the main thing is if a character from it would fit well somewhere.

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Scribblenauts jumpscare in Chapter 2. I'm really liking the AU so far!!

Thanks!

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Merry ChristmAUs! We've come back for another image. I kinda missed managing these.

Credits, as always, are in here!

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nice banner. so there won't be any new udpates till 2026 or is there a chance to see a new one before the year ends?

Like I said, there won't be any more updates this year. Also, don't expect Chapter 9b to be done early in the year, it is going to take several months; because there are a lot of sprites to make and as always I'm very busy. And the chapter after that one is most certainly going to take even longer, you might be able to guess why.

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wait, so there were seven co-owner way back then??? i only know flare or blaze was one of them, what about others?

Well, I don't exactly remember who was co-owner specifically, since it's been so long. By the way, Blaze/Flare later changed their username to BriPM, but they definitely have changed it again by now (no clue to what though.)

I can tell you that something I did this year was do a rough count of every single person that has been on the team and/or contributed something to DT. So, since 2016 to now, there have been around 40 people in the team in total.

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Belated 5th Anniversary of the Comic

It's been a little over two weeks since November 13th, which marks five years since the release of Chapter 1, and the beginning of the comic. This date doesn't matter as much to me as the actual AU's anniversary (though, that doesn't mean there'll be something for every anniversary, definitely not) but I still wanted to do something for it. It's nothing too big or anything, but it took longer than we expected because of multiple reasons.

For a long time I've wanted there to be a DT version of this promotional art used for Undertale.

And over the years I tried twice to make it, but I never ended up finishing them. So for this occasion, I asked a member of the team, @hai-rabs if she'd like to try. And here it is!

What do you think?

Also, this isn't the only thing. You may or may not have noticed that soon after the intro was uploaded on Youtube, which was almost three months ago now, I unlisted the video.

This was because I wanted to update some of the panels a bit. Nothing too major, it's mostly small differences you probably won't notice. Except for one panel that had a substantial update and took quite a while, so you'll probably notice that one. Here it is:

If you want to take a closer look at the intro's panels, as well as a comparison with the older versions, you can see them here:

Differentopic Introduction Comparison by GonzaloGamer128NEW on DeviantArt

That's all. The next chapter of the comic is still a ways off, so remember that it won't be done this year.

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Checking the roles, what happens to the original worlds with missing people? From the looks of it, Sonic's is stuck in the Classic era, Banjo's doesn't have anyone to stop Grunty, Mario can't use Capture anymore, Lucas is missing a party member, and Link and Zelda have a weight off their shoulders. And Minecraft in itself is a really weird case due to no definite narrative.

I'm not answering this question, but you can imagine what those worlds are like without those characters.

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Since Deltaconduit is listed as a former composer will the tracks they made wich are currently used in the comic be remade eventually?

If a composer leaves the team, that doesn't necessarily mean their contributions will be replaced. But in this case, yes, those songs will probably (although possibly not all of them) be updated eventually.

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Hey, Mr. GG. Do you remember how and when did you get the ownership of Differentopic?

On October 14th, 2017, (almost 8 years ago by now) I asked Shad if I could be the owner, as he wasn't very focused on the AU at the time, while I on the other hand was frequently making stuff for it. He said I could, and that's pretty much it.

Before that, DT had gone through multiple owners, and also a lot of co-owners. (at one point, there were seven of them.) I don't remember much from that time because it was so long ago. But I can tell you that since I became the owner, and especially since Res (former co-owner & main writer) joined the team, everything about the AU got more solidified.

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Any particular inspiration or history behind the roles, or was it mostly just "character goes into this role because why not"?

The first role list, made by Shad, was simply a bunch of characters he liked put in the roles of Undertale characters.

As the years went by, a lot of those characters were replaced, such as Celestia from MLP being replaced by Cappy from Mario for the Toriel role. These changes happened because we liked the replacement characters more and/or we had better ideas for them than the old ones.

Some characters that I knew would never change were Sonic, Sonic.exe, Pink Sheep and Purple Shep, as they're arguably the most iconic characters in the AU. Then the rest of the characters were either replaced, or modified, like Raichu and Smartie for example. They started as two Cosplay Pikachus (Pikachu Libre & Pikachu PH.D respectively) from Pokémon ORAS, that over time basically became our own OCs.

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Chapter 1 Update

Chapter 1 has been updated in the following ways:

Updated the introduction sequence, including the song. You can now watch it on Youtube. (we now have a Youtube channel.)

Added the Options and Extras pages to the Main Menu.

All the sprites of a certain character have been updated.

Other minor fixes.

Differentopic

Differentopic is an Undertale AU in which the characters and places are from many different games, shows and movies.

Also, a bit unrelated, but don't expect the next chapter to be released this year. I don't see myself making it soon given how busy I've been. This chapter update might not seem like much but it took quite a while.

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Will Evetz show up more throughout the story or will it just return in the final area?

You'll see. By the way, a reminder that questions about what will happen in the story won't be answered or I'll just answer with, well, you'll see.

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ik you said before that you have your own deltarune counterpart for dt, do you think it’ll ever be as ambitious as dt or will it just be small concepts for showing, or is it too early to tell lol

It's way too early to tell. I would like to, but I'm not sure if I'll ever get to it, given DT is going to take a long time to be finished.

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Introducing Gonzo

If you read the latest chapter, you might be a bit confused as to who this little guy was. While most characters in Differentopic are from preexisting franchises, this one is the only one not based on anything. His name is Gonzo, and he takes the role of the Annoying Dog, along with the Goose from Untitled Goose Game (the two characters take one role.)

He's a self-insert of myself. I've been wanting to introduce him for a long time, I designed him all the way back in January 2020. As you can see, I've drawn him many times over the years. He won't be important to the overall story much, but he'll still show up from time to time, just like the Annoying Dog.

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CHAPTER 9a on Differentopic's 9th Anniversary!

Differentopic

Differentopic is an Undertale AU in which the characters and places are from many different games, shows and movies.

Chapter 9a: "Ice Times Gone By" is now on MSPFA!

That's right, the long awaited Chapter 9a is finally here! And what better day to release it than today, August 4th, the 9th anniversary of Differentopic. That doesn't mean I had it finished and waited until today to release it, quite the opposite actually, I had to really try to finish it for today. Which isn't to say it was rushed, not in the slightest.

It's been a year since the remastered chapters started, and it's been almost 2 years since the last brand new one. After the last post I didn't expect it to take this long, but it did.

This time, the new songs in this chapter will take some time before they're uploaded on Soundcloud. I don't announce new songs here, I post them on the Discord server, so if you wanna know when they get posted, you can join the server.

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When I finished the remasters, my original goal was to finish Chapter 9 before Deltarune Chapters 3 & 4 got released. The release date was announced, and as time went on, it became clear I wasn't going to be able to do that, as the chapter isn't close to done at all. So, expect it to be released at least a few months after DR Chapters 3 & 4 come out, because we'll all be busy checking that out.